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en'Star Trek: Into Darkness' Comes to iTunes Early with Bundle Dealhttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/star_trek_darkness_comes_itunes_early_bundle_deal
<!--paging_filter--><p>If you enjoyed <em>Star Trek: Into Darkness</em>, it's a good time to be an Apple aficionado. As reported by <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2013/08/20/star-trek-into-darkness-available-for-purchase-on-itunes-3-weeks-ahead-of-dvd-release/" target="_blank">MacRumors</a>, the iTunes Movie Store is making the film available a full three weeks ahead of its official September 10 release for DVD.</p><p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RJ1qOs7jkIQ" width="620" height="349" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>The film on its own is available in<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/star-trek-into-darkness/id643978126" target="_blank"> HD for $20</a> and SD for $15, but the real draw here is a bundled set that lets you acquire both the HD versions of <em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em> and <em>Star Trek</em> (2009) <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie-collection/star-trek-double-feature/id689072969" target="_blank">for just $25</a>. This is a purchase-only offer as rentals won't be available until September 10. As a downside, the offer's only available to U.S. customers.</p><p>Early availability seems to be a new trend on iTunes, and we saw how successful it could be back in May when Apple allowed streaming of every song from Daft Punk's <em>Random Access Memories</em> several days ahead of its May 21 release. This is the first time we've seen the tactic used with a blockbuster film, though--likely as an effort to boost digital sales.</p><p><em> Follow this article's writer, <a href="https://twitter.com/LeifJohnson" target="_blank">Leif Johnson</a>, on Twitter.</em></p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/star_trek_darkness_comes_itunes_early_bundle_deal#commentsNewsdigital salesDVDearly accessiTunesStar TrekTue, 20 Aug 2013 23:55:33 +0000Leif Johnson17828 at http://www.maclife.comiTunes Store Offers Limited-Time $9.99 and Up Movie Bundles Sale (Updated)http://www.maclife.com/article/news/itunes_store_offers_limitedtime_999_and_movie_bundles_sale_updated
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/itunes_store_movie_bundles_sale_620px.png" alt="iTunes Store movie bundles sale" width="620" height="300" /></p><p>Still need to add the Harry Potter or <em>Lord of the Rings</em> movies to your collection? If you act quickly, you can get them for dirt cheap thanks to a limited-time bundle sale going on right now at the iTunes Store.<br /><br /><a href="http://dealmac.com/Movie-Bundle-downloads-at-iTunes-from-10-Harry-Potter-Matrix-Trilogy-more/822867.html" target="_blank">As first noted by DealMac on Tuesday</a>, Apple's iTunes Store is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/collection/movie-bundles/id39?fcId=446230533" target="_blank">offering a sale on movie bundles for a limited time</a>, featuring two or more feature films for as little as $9.99 in HD.<br /><br />Perhaps the best deal is the <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498227" target="_blank"><em>Harry Potter Complete Collection</em></a>, which bundles all eight movies along with iTunes Extras for only $9.99 -- by comparison, Amazon Instant Video offers each individual movie for $6.99.<br /><br />Also priced at $9.99 are popular collections such as <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498230" target="_blank"><em>The Lord of the Rings Trilogy</em></a>, <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498233" target="_blank"><em>Lethal Weapon Movie Collection</em></a> and three-film trilogies of <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498236" target="_blank"><em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</em></a>, <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498239" target="_blank"><em>Austin Powers</em></a> and <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498242" target="_blank"><em>The Matrix</em></a>, while others such as <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498245" target="_blank"><em>The Godfather</em></a> and <a href="http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,822867,4498248" target="_blank"><em>Back to the Future</em></a> are priced at $19.99, which is still quite a bargain.<br /><br />If you've got some iTunes Gift Cards burning a hole in your pocket, this is a great way to use it up -- so click this link and get shopping!</p><p><strong>Update:</strong> You snooze, you lose, it appears. <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2046553/apple-briefly-sells-entire-harry-potter-collection-for-10-in-itunes.html" target="_blank">Macworld is reporting</a> that the <em>Harry Potter Complete Collection</em> has now jumped from $9.99 to $59.99, suggesting the possibility that it was a pricing error. However, other bundles remain (although at least some of them have jumped from $9.99 to $17.99), so grab 'em while you can.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/itunes_store_offers_limitedtime_999_and_movie_bundles_sale_updated#commentsNewsbargainsbundlesDealsdigital salesfeature filmsHarry PotteriTunes Storelimited timeLord of the RingsmoviesiPadiPhoneiPodMacTue, 13 Aug 2013 13:32:56 +0000J.R. Bookwalter17758 at http://www.maclife.comShutdown of Megaupload May Have Boosted Legal Movie Saleshttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/shutdown_megaupload_may_have_boosted_legal_movie_sales
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/megaupload_unlimited_access_200px.png" alt="Megaupload unlimited access" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />What do video and music pirates do when their favorite file transfer service gets shut down? Apparently go buy such content legitimately, according to a new study released this week.<br /><br /><a href="http://idea.heinz.cmu.edu/2013/03/07/megaupload/" target="_blank">Carnegie Mellon’s Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics (IDEA) published the results of a study</a> that examined the affects of legal digital movie and music sales in the wake of Megaupload.com being shut down on January 19, 2012.<br /><br />"Measuring the effect of the Megaupload shutdown is complicated by its timing and the fact that the shutdown occurred worldwide," the report said. "However, immediately following the shutdown, there was a positive and statistically significant relationship between a country’s sales growth and its pre-shutdown Megaupload penetration."<br /><br />The result: Digital sales and rentals for at least two major Hollywood studios rose by six to 10 percent higher than they would have if Megaupload had still been in business at that time.<br /><br />While the study only covers the 18 weeks following the Megaupload shutdown by government authorities, IDEA believes the results "can inform the debate about anti-piracy regulations and may help to better understand consumer behavior in the presence of piracy."<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/shutdown_megaupload_may_have_boosted_legal_movie_sales#commentsNewsdigital salesdownloadMegauploadmovie salesmusic salespiracyShutdownstatisticsstudywatching moviesFri, 08 Mar 2013 13:01:59 +0000J.R. Bookwalter16425 at http://www.maclife.com